Oil-storage can or device.



No. 651,990. Patented lune l9, I900.

W. E. FOREST.

OIL STORAGE CAN 0R DEVICE.

(Application filed Sept. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.) H

WITNESSES: INVENTOR a. /owme/ 'lfivmws t BY W ATTORNEYS UNITED 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. FOREST, OF NEWARK, NEW, JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND V MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE FOREST MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA;

OIL-STORA'GECAN'OR DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming' pa rtof Letters llatent No. 651,990, dated June 19, 1900.

Application filed September 21, 1898. Serial No. 691,486. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E.'FOREST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New 5 Jersey, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Oil-Storage Cans or Devices and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of storage-cans intended for frequent use, especially in connection with the refilling of smaller receptacles or reservoirs, and is more particularly useful in connection with the storage of oil for lighting purposes and permits the easy and convenient filling of the lamps without wastage and loss of time.

' The invention has for its objects a more perfect prevention of the overflow'of the oil in z 5 the act of filling the reservoirs or lamps and to secure a more easy and convenient filling of such lamps and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved storage device and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin both views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device; and

Fig. 2 isa section of the same, taken on line 00. 3

In said drawings, a indicates a case'orinclosureproviding bearings for the can or receptacle for the 011'. Said inclosure preferablyconsists of four pieces of board forming the bottom a, back I), and two side pieces 0 c. The sides are preferably rounded at their upper forward corners, and back from their front edges the said sides are provided with vertical slots (1, into which the pivotal 5o trunnions of the can are arranged. At the back of the case or inclosure the board I) is preferably provided near its upper edge with a hole e, by means of which the said case or inclosure may be supported from a suitable nail, hook, or similar device upon the wall. Said board at its upper edge may also be provided with a hook 9, upon which the handle or bail h of the can can be caught to prevent the can from turning upon its pivotal 6o trunnions, and thus causing an outflow of f fluid. The top and front of the case are open and permit an easy removal of the can and free pivotal motion thereof in a forward di rection.

The can or receptacle 2' is easily removable from the case or receptacle a and consists of a cylindrical or approximately-cylindrical body j and discous or approXimately-discous side pieces j j. These are joined, by any means common in the tinsmiths or sheetmetal Workers art, to form an impervious receptacle for the fluid. At the top of the can I have provided a suitable nozzle 7' and cap 7' adapted to permit the filling and closing of the can, the said nozzle and cap being preferably threaded to permit an easy application and removal of the cap. The said nozzle and cap are nicely fitted, so that when the cap is in place the can will be practically air-tight, and air'can not enter said can excepting as hereinafter provided. At the opposite ends of the said can, at the top, I have 'provided suitable ears 70 k, to which the bail h is attached, the said bail being of bowed wire and the center provided with an ordinary handpiece m, by means of which the can may be carried from place to place with ease and convenie'nce. j

The hook 9 upon the case a is so disposed that the bail at the handle thereon can be caught upon the said hook when-the can is in its normally-upright position, and thereby said can may be retained in'said upright position should the case be carried from place 5 to place.

At the front of the can, near the lower end thereof, I have secured a spout n, the interior passage of which is in open communication with the interior of the can, the said can-body 5 being suitably perforated to allow such communication. Said spout at its upper andfor ward extremity is bent forward into the plane approximating a horizontal, the said plane ap= proximating, preferably, the horizontal plane to in which the nozzle and cap are stationed at the top of the can. The lower and larger end.

:0 forward end into and through the nozzle, the

open forward end of said vent-pipe terminating at and approximately flush with theextremity of said nozzle. The spout-and ventpipe terminate at substantially the same 23 point, so that when the lamp is being filled and the fluid issuing from the spout rises in the lamp or receptacle to a level with the open extremity of said spout it will close said vent-- tube and prevent further inflow of air and sage-way therein being about one-eighth-of an inch in diameter, more or less, and when of about this bore as the fluid rises and closes the mouth thereof a portion of said fluid will enter the vent-passage and stop the inflow of air. Thisportion of-fluid in the vent-tube remains therein by capillary attraction or otherwise after the lamp is withdrawn and serves as a of fluid while the spout is in its downwardlyturned position, and this condition will continue? until the can is brought to its normallye upright position, when thefluid servingv to 5 plug thevent-tube will flow inward through said vent-tube and open said tube to a fur-f ther inflowof air when needed in subsequent filling. t

upright position upon a suitable floor or ta ble when removed from its case or inclosure. At the sidesof said can I have fastened or ar-. ranged trunnions'r 1". These are preferably composed of discous plates 5, at the centers of the outsides of which areformed. the-pivots 8, above referred to. -Thedisks are solderedorotherw'ise applied to the sideplates of the can, and the trunnions are adapted to engagethelower end walls of said slot. The

trunnions are preferablydisposeda little above the center axis of the can, so thatthe itally disposed'and being provided at the op- Thevent-tube 0 is of asmall bore, the pas plug to prevent the inflow of air and outflow enter the'slots in the case or inclosure and.-

with the. upper end. of the spout and opening of-the fluid tends to hold the can in an upright position. The can, however, can be readily turned on the trunnions, so as to bring the end of. the spout vertically into the mouth of the lamp with ease and convenience, and inasmuch as the bottom of the-can is a contlnuously-curved piece, and further, inasmuch as the opening atthe forward sides of the can for the spout'becomes a'bottom'open'ing when the can is turned, any sediment or settlings of heavy matter in the fluid upon the bottom are caused to pass out through the spout, and

thus the can is kept free from such sediment or accumulated heavy. matter, and the can retains its proper capacity. Thus a galloni can will retain its capacity to measure a gal- -lonafter years of constant use, and its capacity is not reduced because-of its accumu-- lated non-fluid gummy accumulation becom i'ngxsolid ther in 8 Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is-=- V a 1. The combinationrwith a cylindrical or cylindroidal oilcan having its axishorizono posite vertical ends with pivotal trunnions,

of a supporting-case-h'aving a horizontal floor,

vertical plane back, and sides perpendicular to said back and floor andiilling the angle therebetween and extending forward and. up- 9 5 "ward beyond the can and being vertically slotted from the top downward to receive the trunnions of the can and forming bearings therefor, the topand front of the case being entirely'open from side to side and from the floor upward, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with an oil-can adapted. to turn on a horizontal axis and having end trunnions, of a-case having a horizontal floor, vertical plane back, and sidesperpem 165' diculartosaid backand floor and filling the angletherebetween, said sides being slotted from the top downward and forming bearings" for thepi-votal trunnions of the oil-can, the

frontof the case being open from the floor upward and the case beingentirely open at rid the top, a hook projecting forwardly from the 7, I said back and'a bail or handle attached to the At thebottom of the cylindrical can I have provided at-its opposite ends legs 10, bymeans of which the said can may be stationedin an.

top of the oil-can, said hook being adapted to receive the bail whereby the oil-can is pre- IIS vented from turning onits trunnions, substantially as set forth.

3. In an oil-can, the combination of a cylindrical or cylindroidal body having its axis horizontally disposed and being-provided at each end with eccentrically-disposed trunnions comprising discous plates fastened to the outer su-rfacesof the can and pins *projectingtherefrom, whereby the can may be pivoted .to swing freely, a spout 'n, opening out-of said body at. a point normally in the horizontal plane of the axis, and having its upper end bent to lie normally horizontal, a closed vent-tube having one end laid parallel in substantially the same plane and having In testimony that I claim the foregoing I the other end opening into the top of the canhave hereunto set my hand this 13th day of body, a handle attached to the top of the can- September, 1898.

body, and a supporting-case having a hook WILLIAM E. FOREST; 5 receiving said handle whereby pivotal motion Witnesses:

of the can may be prevented, substantially CHARLES H. PELL,

as set forth.

RUSSELL M. EVERETTa 

